School of Pharmacy

Benet wins Ebert Prize

Tue Feb 12, 2013

Leslie Benet, PhD

During his illustrious half-century career, UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty member Leslie Benet, PhD, has authored more than 400 peer-reviewed publications, many helping to define the field of pharmacokinetics—how the body a

Study finds Medicaid drug selection COI policies vary, may be inadequate

Mon Feb 11, 2013

Cindy Chew

Lisa Bero, PhD

How well do states’ policies address possible conflicts of interest of committee members who decide which drugs get Medicaid reimbursement? The question looms especially large as impending federal health care reform increases the number of patients covered by the state-run drug formularies.

Update from the Dean - Winter 2013

Fri Feb 1, 2013

Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD
School of Pharmacy
University of California, San Francisco

Top NIH funding: Shu, Aweeka, Brodsky. Recent gifts to The Kidney Project. Honors and awards: Day, Youmans, Benet, Schoenhaus. New pharmacy care model, Safeway. John Craig remembered. Mary Anne Koda-Kimble celebrated. Achieving our vision: 2007-2012.

Kidney Project receives two major gifts, increased Hind professorship endowment

Tue Jan 29, 2013

Shuvo Roy, silicon wafer, bioartificial kidney model

Shuvo Roy, PhD, with silicon wafer and bioartificial kidney model

Research at the UCSF School of Pharmacy to develop the first implantable bioartificial kidney recently received exceptional private support: $1 million from the family of the late philanthropists Harry and Diana Hind, and $50,000 from the Patterson Barclay Memorial Foundation.

New review finds drug, device study results affected by funding source

Wed Dec 19, 2012

Cindy Chew

Lisa Bero, PhD

An updated and expanded review of clinical research papers on drugs and medical devices finds that industry-sponsored studies are more likely to lead to favorable results, including reports of greater benefits and fewer harmful side effects.

Mary Anne Koda-Kimble cites ongoing need for work-life balance policies

Wed Dec 5, 2012

Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD

Writing in the current issue of the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association (JAPhA), Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD, looks back on the seismic shift in the treatment and expectations of women in clinical and academic pharmacy over the last four decades.

Levens Lipton interviews Daschle about ongoing health care challenges

Tue Nov 6, 2012

A Conversation with Thomas A. Daschle: A New Paradigm for Health Care in America

What are the specific challenges to ensuring the successful implementation of the Affordable Care Act?

Update from the Dean - Fall 2012

Thu Nov 1, 2012

Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD
School of Pharmacy
University of California, San Francisco

Faculty retreat, Recent faculty publications: Burlingame, Arkin, Chen, Cocohoba, Bero. Recently received research funding: Yang, Ahituv, Wells, Burlingame. Gifts: John and Marcia Goldman Foundation: The Kidney Project, Harry W. Hind Request: Troy C. Daniels Distinguished Professorship, The Joseph...

Roy inducted, honored as Rising Star by BayBio

Thu Oct 25, 2012

Spencer Brown

Shuvo Roy, PhD accepts the Rising Star award.

Shuvo Roy, PhD, will be inducted on November 1st as a member of the BayBio Pantheon for his contributions to the life sciences industry and specifically for work developing the world’s first surgically implantable bioartificial kidney.

Study builds breast tissues to track how abnormal cells affect neighbors

Tue Oct 23, 2012

Zev Gartner, PhD

It can take just the flick of a genetic switch for breast cells to kick-start the normally well-regulated process of growth seen in puberty, pregnancy, or the menstrual cycle—or the mutation of that switch to initiate the unchecked proliferation of cancer.

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